I watched this with my little nephews last night. Judging by their reactions the six year old loved it but the four year old was not too sure. We thought it was great. The animation is pretty simple for this day and age but far better than a lot of TV stuff. The story was fun and the boys didn't seem to mind that the central character, Sophie, was a girl. I think we all got a bit bored in the last third with the whole queen bit but the Army and RAF going in with helicopters and the like pepped things up. It was nice to see a more restrained operation by the military rather than the guns blazing treatment. Dahl knew that himself so it was good that the film stuck to that. As the only adult I wanted the film to carry on the sinister aspect it started out with. All three of us agreed that the human eating giants were a lot of fun, though.
All in all a good little film for little boys and girls. And grown-ups can enjoy it too. But when you have Roald Dahl as the writer that generally is the way.
All in all a good little film for little boys and girls. And grown-ups can enjoy it too. But when you have Roald Dahl as the writer that generally is the way.